Happy Birthday from this Thursday 8 July to Carol Backhouse, David Brooks, Euan Dickson-Earle, Rebekah Gardiner, Uriel Hirsch, Alyson Harvey, Zharnel Hughes, James Jenks, Gerald Matthew, Nengi Ossai, David Smith and Hayden Taylor

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to JOE SHEPHERD

POLE VAULT TRAINING FOR 11 to 16 YEAR OLDS – Shaftesbury will be running introductory Pole Vault sessions for 11-16 year olds, to learn the basic skills of Pole Vaulting. Sessions are with qualified coaches, and all equipment will be provided.

Session Dates – Tuesday 20 July, Thursday 22 July, Tuesday 27 July and Thursday 29 July. From 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
For further details email lowefamily04@icloud.com or clyde67@hotmail.co.uk
Link to flyer – Pole Vault Taster Sessions July 2021

UPCOMING FIXTURES – Shows all fixture information for the period Thursday 8 July until Wednesday 4 August, and follows after this week’s results.

THIS WEEKS RESULTS – Our second of four National Athletics League fixtures, took place last Sunday at StoneX Stadium. The match turned out to be a good win by Harrow, with Shaftesbury finishing in second place. We finished with 19 wins, also we had many Juniors making their debuts. Our final two fixtures are at Woodford on 8 August, and StoneX Stadium on 28 August.

On Saturday, the first fixture of three Eastern Young Athletes League fixtures, took place at Hemel Hempstead. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was cancelled, in 2019 Shaftesbury ended the season in third place to Havering and Dacorum & Tring. In the Top 6 Final at Thurrock in September, we had an outstanding match, finishing second to a very strong Havering team with, Dacorum & Tring finishing fourth.
The match at Hemel, we were up against Dacorum & Tring, and it turned out to be the closest result you can have. When the result were declared, we ended up half a point in front of Dacorum & Tring. Havering had a thumping win at Thurrock, our two fixtures are at StoneX Stadium on 15 August, and Watford on 12 September. Neither of these include Havering.

Apolgies but as of this morning (8 July), the NAL and EYAL results are not the PO10, therefore I will publish any personal of seasons best performances next week.

This week we had 8 season bests, 12 personal bests, and 0 UK top 10 performances.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at Hemel Hempstead on 4 July. 
Team Result – 1st SBH (590 points), 2nd Dacorum & Tring (589.5), 3rd St Albans (419.5), 4th Herts Phoenix (411), 5th Watford (264), 6th HAWCS/Enfield & Haringey (109)

100m – U13B A LANI JAIEYOLA 3rd (14.4 nwr), B DIJANI BARNOR 1st (14.0 nwr)
100m – U13G A ANGEL MCLEOD 1st (13.1 nwr), B MOIESHA SAVAGE 1st (13.3 nwr)
100m – U15B A ZICO JONES 2nd (11.3 nwr), B SAUGAT PUN 1st (11.9 nwr)
100m – U15G A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG 3rd (13.0 nwr), B MACIE SUTHERLAND 1st (14.0 nwr)
100m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI 1st (11,4 nwr), B OSCAR LAURENS 1st (11.6 nwr)
100m – U17W A ANNA ROSE 2nd (12.6 nwr), B TOSIN JOKESENUMI 1st (12.7 nwr)
200m – U13B A DIJANI BARNOR 2nd (28.6 nwr), B ASHER ESCOBAR 1st (28.5 nwr)
200m – U13G A ANGEL MCLEOD 1st (27.0 nwr), B SIENNA CORBYN 1st (28.7 nwr)
200m – U15B A OLIVER LAURENS 2nd (24.0 nwr), B JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (24.6 nwr)
200m – U15G A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG 1st (26.7 nwr), B JESSICA GIBBS 2nd (28.1 nwr)
200m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI 1st (23.3 nwr), B ERNEST BARNES (23.5 nwr)
200m – U17W A ANNA ROSE 1st (25.9 nwr), B TOSIN JOKESENUMI 1st (26.1 nwr)
300m – U15B A ZICO JONES 1st (37.0), B SAUGAT PUN 1st (40.1)
300m – U15G A MIA HIGSON 2nd (44.4), B MACIE SUTHERLAND 1st (46.1)
300m – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO 1st (44.4), B OLIVE HARVEY-DEW 1st (45.3)
400m – U17M A ERNEST BARNES  1st (53.5)
800m – U13B A CHARLIE CUTTER 2nd (2:34.1), B JARED MORRIS 1st (2:36.9)
800m – U13G A NYAH CAINE 3rd (2:48.1)
800m – U15B A JACOB CLEMENT 1st (2:13.0), B THOMAS CADWALLADER 3rd (2:23.9)
800m – U15G A MYA MAIRS-INGRAM 1st (2:25.2)
800m – U17M A LEO RONCARATI 2nd (2:06.5), B JOSH FISHER 1st (2:09.1)
800m – U17W A RACHEL PEARLMAN 3rd (2:34.4), B ASHA HORBACKI 2nd (2:41.6)
1500m – U13B A XANDER REESE 3rd (5:26.6), B LADDIE SHAW 1st (5:36.7)
1500m – U13G A POSIE SHAW 1st (5:03.8)
1500m – U15B A PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS 3rd (4:44.8), B JORDAN PEARLMAN 2nd (4:45.5)
1500m – U15G A PHOEBE MUSIC 2nd (5:28.7), B KATYA DRIVER 2nd (6:01.5)
1500m – U17M A SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 2nd (4:18.4), B DOVI LEVIN 1st (4:50.6)
1500m – U17W A LOUISA STAAB 3rd (5:29.3)
70m Hurdles – U13G A SIENNA CORBYN 2nd (12.8 nwr), B ANGEL MCLEOD 1st (12.8 nwr)
75m – U13B A GABRIEL NWANKWO  2nd (14.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A EVA CHALISEY 2nd (14.1 nwr), B EVA HIGSON 3rd (13.4 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A TRISTAN LEE 3rd (15.4 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W A ALINA COFIE 1st (12.2 nwr), B KAREN APOLOT 1std (13.1 nwr) 
100m Hurdles – U17M A KEENAN FARRELL 1st (15.5 nwr),
4x100m Relay – U13B 1st (57.5) ASHER ESCOBAR, LANI JAIEYOLA, GABRIEL NWANKWO, DIJANI BARNOR, U13G 1st (56.2) SCARLETT MALEY, SIENNA CORBYN, MOIESHA SAVAGE, ANGEL MCLEOD, U15B 1st (47.5) OLIVER LAURENS, SAUGAT PUN, JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY, ZICO JONES, U15G 1st (54.1) MACIE SUTHERLAND, JESSICA GIBBS, MIA HIGSON, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, U17M 1st (47.0) OSCAR LAURENS, ERNEST BARNES, BRADLEY UPKETENAN, MALACHI AMADI, U17W 1st (51.5) AZARIA NWANKWO, TOSIN JOKOSENUMI, ALINA COFIE, ANNA ROSE
High Jump – U13G A SIENNA CORBYN 2nd (1.25m), B VERA DOUDKO 2nd (1.05m)
High Jump – U17W A REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY 1st (1.55m), B HOPE BAKER 1st (1.45m)
Pole Vault – U15G A ABI EDWARDS 1st (2.50m)
Pole Vault – U17M A JOE SHEPARD 2nd (3.10m)
Long Jump – U13B A DIEGO DODDS ALDAMA 3rd (3.71 nwr), B LANI JAIEYOLA 1st (13.61 nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A VERA DOUDKO 5th (3.50m nwr), B NYAH CAINE 3rd (3.03m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A CAMERON KNIGHT 2nd (4.84m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A EVA CHALISEY 4th (3.92m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A KEENAN FARRELL 1st (6.16 nwr), B BRYAN OGEBOR 2nd (4.07m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A ALINA COFIE 3rd (4.60 nwr), B HOPE BAKER 1st (4.57m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M A KEENAN FARRELL 1st (12.35 nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A HOPE BAKER 2nd (9.29 nwr), B KAREN APOLOT 1st (7.93m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A MOIESHA SAVAGE 4th (5.66m), B SCARLETT MALEY 4th (4.23m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A MACIE SUTHERLAND 3rd (6.78m), B EVA CHALISEY 2nd (6.16m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A OLIVER LAURENS 5th (6.98m), B TRISTAN LEE 2nd (6.89m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI 1st (8.83m), B HANNAH OGUNNIYI 1st (8.57m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRADLEY UKPETENAN 3rd (7.95m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A DIJANI BARNOR 3rd (9.95m), B ALON TAYLOR 2nd (8.23m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A MIA HIGSON 2nd (15.11m), B EVA HIGSON 3rd (13.37m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI 4th (15.61m), B HANNAH OGUNNIYI 1st (14.42m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A ONAOPE SOGBESAN 2nd (22.6m)
Hammer 3kg – U17W A HANNAH OGUNNIYI 2nd (20.57m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A ONAOPE SOGBESAN 2nd (24.1m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A ALON TAYLOR 3rd (18.87m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A NYAH CAINE 3rd (7.53m), B ANNABELLE PANWAR 3rd (5.30m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A EVA HIGSON 3rd (14.67m), B MIA HIGSON 1st (12.63m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI 3rd (21.52m)
Javelin 600g – U15B A OSCAR RONCARATI 1st (31.89m), B JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (31.32m)

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE UPPER SOUTHERN WEST – Took place at Perivale on 27 June. 
Team Result – 1st Harrow & Dacorum (353 points), 2nd SBH (307), 3rd Hillingdon (159), 4th Team West London (150), 5th Stevenage & North Herts (43).

100m – U17W A ANNA ROSE 2nd (12.8 nwr), B TOSIN JOKESENUMI 1st (13.0 nwr)
100m – U20W A ALEXIA SAUNDERS 2nd (SB 12.8 nwr), B IONA NEWBEGIN 1st (SB 13.2 nwr)
200m – U17M A CALVIN SMITH 2nd (23.2 nwr), B OSCAR LAURENS 2nd (24.0 nwr)
200m – U20M A DECARIE DAVIES 1st (22.7 nwr), B NICOLAS SAVVA 1st (23.2 nwr)
400m – U17M A CALVIN SMITH 1st (49.8), B ERNEST BARNES 2nd (PB 52.8) taking 1.78 seconds off his 2020 time
400m – U20M A JUDE MIRANDA 2nd (PB 52.9) taking .82 of a second off his 30 May time
800m – U17W A AIMI WEIGHTMAN 1st (2:13.8), B NICOLE MCGOVERN 1st (2:13.8)
800m – U20W A SYDNEY ALLEN 1st (2:20.4), B VICTORIA GODFREY 1st (2:32.4)
1500m – U17M A ABDIRAHIN HAMUD 1st (4:22.5), B SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 1st (SB 4:33.4)
1500m – U20M A LUCA STUBBS 2nd (4:04.5), B ASH FOWKES-GAJAN 2nd (PB 4:10.6) taking 1.06 seconds off his 30 May time
3000m – U17M A JOSHUA FISHER 1st (PB 9:53.2)
3000m – U20M A ALEX LYTRIDES 2nd (9:59.4)
80m Hurdles – U17W A ALINA COFIE 2nd (12.4 nwr), B AZARIA NWANKWO 2nd (13.1 nwr)
300m Hurdles – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO 1st (49.9), B ALICE MUSGROVE 2nd (54.8)
1500m Steeplechase – U20W A EMILY HATHAWAY 1st (5:20.8), B ALICE MUSGROVE 2nd (54.8)
4x100m Relay – U17W 1st (TBC) ALINA COFIE, TOSIN JOKOSENUMI, MANON BAINES, ANNA ROSE, U20W 1st (SB 49.6) SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U17, ALEXIA SAUNDERS, SEMI ATIBA U17, IONA NEWBEGIN
4x400m Relay – U17M 3rd (SB 3:40.6) KEELAN FARELL, ERNEST BARNES, OSCAR LAURENS, CALVIN SMITH, U20M 1st (SB 3:41.5) DECARIE DAVIES, NICHOLAS SAVVA, JUDE MIRANDA, ALEX LYTRIDES
High Jump – U20M A KIMANI JACK 1st (PB 2.02m) adding 1cm to his 31 May jump, and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2021, B BEN BELLISARIO 1st (1.85m)
Pole Vault – U7W A MANON BAINES 1st (3.20m)
Long Jump – U17W A KACEY WALTERS 1st (SB 5.05m w0.6), B ALINA COFIE 2nd (4.42m w0.0)
Long Jump – U20W A AMELIA DALEY 1st (5.36m w0.6)
Triple Jump – U17M A KEELAN FARELL 2nd (PB 12.27m w1.6)
Triple Jump – U20M A JOSH WOODS 1st (PB 14.90m w1.2) taking .09 of a second off his 31 May jump, and is ranked UK No.3 U21 in 2021
Shot 5kg – U17M A KEELAN FARELL 2nd (9.49)
Shot 6kg – U20M A JAMES ISAACS 1st (12.83m), B SEBASTIANO CORBO 1st (SB 8.26m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI 3rd (PB 15.22m) adding 2.38m to her 2019 throw
Discus 1kg – U20W A KATIE WEBB 2nd (35.16m), B OLIVIA LAVA 1st (21.58m)
Hammer 3kg – U17W A HANNAH OGUNNIYI 2nd (19.55m), B NAOMI OGUNNIYI 2nd (18.27m)
Javelin 700kg – U17M A KEELAN FARELL 3rd (PB 33.18m)
Javelin 800kg – U20M A MILAN TRAJKOVIC 1st (48.65m), B ALEX LYTRIDES 1st (29.60m), Non-Scoring BENJAMIN HOCKING (39.82m)

KETTERING OPEN MEETING – Took place at Kettering on 6 July. 
100m – SX 7 EBUKA NWOKEJI U15 (2nd Claim) 4th (12.21 w1.1)

200m – SX 7 EBUKA NWOKEJI U15 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 24.44 w1.8) taking .22 of a second off his 30 June time

PRO ATHLE TOUR DE NANCY MEETING – Took place at Tomblaine, France on 4-5 July. 
800m – SW ELLIE BAKER 4th (2:01.00)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIER LONDON SOUTH – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 3 July. 
Long Jump – Men B OGO ANOCHIRIONYE (2nd Claim) 2nd (6.90m w-0.3)
Long Jump – Women A RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (5.12m w-0.6), B KERSTIN POHLMANN (2nd Claim) 2nd (4.93m w4.6)
Triple Jump – Women B ANGELA BARRETT V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 12.52m w3.2) equalling her 20 June jump
Discus 1kg – Women A AMY HOLDER (2nd Claim) 1st (51.37m)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS EAST – Took place at Stevenage on 3 July. 
200m – Women A KEIRA GILMAN U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (27.16 w-0.3)

CAMPEONATA DE ESPANA CLUB SUB20 MEETING – Took place at Monzon, Spain on 3-4 July. 
3000m – U20M ISAAC HIRSHMAN-CHANDLER U20 8th (PB 8:25.71) taking 8.86 seconds off his 15 May time

PARKRUN 5K – Took place in Maylands Peninsular, Perth, Australia on 3 July.
STUART MOORE V60 15th (26.17) this was his 168th Parkrun

COLCHESTER THROWS MEETING – Took place at Colchester on 1 July. 
Discus 2kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (38.24m) 

NEWHAM EVENING 100m MEETING – Took place at Stratford on 30 June. 
100m – SM 1.2 EMMANUEL DURUIHEAOMA U20 6th (10.75 w1.8), 1.8 MEKHI SPENCE-FORDE U17 3rd (11.18 w1.2), 2.2 EMMANUEL DURUIHEAOMA U20 2nd (10.76 w0.8), 2.5 MEKHI SPENCE-FORDE U17 1st (PB 11.14 w0.7) taking .01 of a second off his 12 June time

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 8 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 4 AUGUST – The current 2021 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers/
There are certain fixtures, that you will have to enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee.

EUROPEAN UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Thursday 8 July to Sunday 11 July in Tampere, Finland.
Please Note: You will be selected for these Championships 

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 9 July and Saturday 10 July at Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Please Note: You will be selected for these Championships 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE ROUND 2 – The second of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 10 July at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups U11, U13, U15, U17, U20, Seniors and Masters – Men/Women. Entry is £8 per event but £4 to members of SBH. Link to online entries https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Timetable LICC Timetable 10-07-21docx
Entries Closed

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Saturday 10 July
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with registration from 09.30am, first event starts at 10.00am, and completion around 11.30am, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £2 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Tuesday 13 July at Gateshead.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

ENGLAND SENIOR & CAU CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 17 July and Sunday 18 July at the Bedford International Stadium, Barkers Lane, Bedford (Satnav MK41 9SB).
For all entry details and full information please use this link – http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships
Please Note: For the CAU Championships you will be selected by your County Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 4 – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 18 July at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL)./strong>
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women. The events are as follows – 150m, 200m, 800, 4x100m Relay, High Jump, Long Jump, Shot, Hammer, Discus. This is the link to the timetable –MYAL 2021 Timetables V1a Received 25-03-21
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 15 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 16 July.

EUROPEAN UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Thursday 15 July to Sunday 18 July in Tallinn, Estonia.
Please Note: You will be selected for these Championships

STANDARD CHARTERED GREAT CITY RACE – Takes place on Tuesday 20 July on the streets of London.
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – https://www.cityrace.co.uk/entry/index.html

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 21 July at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Age-groups Under 17 and above. Cost is £9 per event, £12 for 2 events.
Registration opens from 5.00pm, first race is at 7.00pm.
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics-events
Entries Close Sunday 18 July, Although An Event Could Be Full Maybe 1-2 Weeks Before The Meeting Date, So Enter Early

MIDDLESEX U13 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 24 July at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
The link for on-line entries is: https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/mdx-ya/
Entries Close Saturday 10 July 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE LONDON WEST ROUND 3 – The third fixture of four takes place on Sunday 25 July at Ridlins Wood Athletic Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage (Satnav SG2 9PA).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women. This is the link to the timetable – TBC
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager 

OLYMPIC GAMES – The Athletics takes place from Friday 30 July to Sunday 8 August in Tokyo, Japan.
This is the link showing the athletics schedule – https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/athletics-schedule
On the first day of Athletics, which is on Friday 30 July, Tokyo morning session commences from 09.00 to 12noon, which means in London the session commences at Midnight on Friday 30 July, and finishes at 3.00m. Their evening session commences from 19.00 to 21.00, which means in London the session commences at 10.00 on Friday 30 July, and finishes at 12noon. The following sessions times vary slightly.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE ROUND 3 – The third of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 31 July at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups U11, U13, U15, U17, U20, Seniors and Masters – Men/Women. Entry is £8 per event but £4 to members of SBH. Link to online entries, which is not available at present  https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Timetable – TBC
Entries Closing Date TBC

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 4 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Age-groups Under 17 and above. Cost is £9 per event, £12 for 2 events.
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics-events
Entries Close Sunday 1 August, Although An Event Could Be Full Maybe 1-2 Weeks Before The Meeting Date, So Enter Early

LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETING FIXTURES MAY TO SEPTEMBER – The fixtures can be found on their website https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/athletics-events 
100m/200m Sprint Series – Wednesday 4 August (Closing date Sunday 1 August), Wednesday 1 September (Closing date Sunday 29 August). Age-groups Under 13 and above. Entries are not open at present.
Double 100m Sprint Series – Wednesday 18 August (Closing date Sunday 15 August). Age-groups Under 13 and above. Entries are not open at present.
Regarding Closing Dates – An Event Could Be Full Maybe 1-2 Weeks Before The Meeting Date, So Enter Early.

TWO 400m HURDLES WORLD RECORDS SET WITHIN 5 DAYS – The following articles were published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
Firstly, on the 27 June, the 21-year-old SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN runs a world record in the women’s 400m Hurdles (51.90) on the last day of the US Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Conditions were so warm, the timetable was delayed by four hours because of the heatwave in the area. But when the athletes took to the track they thrived in the high temperatures with MCLAUGHLIN beating world record-holder and world champion DALILAH MUHAMMAD in tremendous style.  MUHAMMAD and SHAMIER LITTLE were fairly level with MCLAUGHLIN coming into the home straight but McLaughlin surged clear in the closing metres to become the first woman to break the 52-second barrier as runner-up MUHAMMAD ran (52.42). ANNA COCKRELL finished strongly for third in (53.70) as LITTLE faded to fourth in (53.85). “A lot of the things you can’t see coming, but this is the result of trusting the process,” said MCLAUGHLIN. “Working with my new coach (BOBBY KERSEE) and my new support system is truly just faith and trusting the process. I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

5 days later, the Norwegian KARSTEN WARHOLM ran (46.70), a world record in front of adoring crowd in Oslo. All eyes were on double world 400m hurdles champion KARSTEN as the Bislett Games continued the 2021 Wanda Diamond League season on Thursday 1 July in Oslo.

The Norwegian was relegated last week from No.2 to No.3 on the world all-time rankings after RAI BENJAMIN’S (46.83) victory in the US Team Trials in Eugene came agonisingly close to KEVIN YOUNG’S long-standing world record of (46.78). In perfect conditions and in front of a home crowd of 5000, it was WARHOLM’S first Diamond League race of the summer, although he did race once indoors at 300m and this summer broke his own 300m hurdles world best with (33.26), which suggested something special was on the cards. And so it proved. He started fantastically fast but kept his form well and apart from a slight stutter on the eighth hurdle on the final bend, he kept his form and powered down the straight to make history and finally eclipse the mark set by YOUNG 29 years ago – and four years before the Norwegian was born – with (46.70).

THE ART OF JAVELIN THROWING – The following articles were published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

World renowned coach DAN PLAFF takes us through the process of what it takes to improve at an event he describes as being a “delicate ballet” The javelin is a friendly event in terms of athlete selection – you see all kinds of heights and weights, body shapes and body types. Obviously, having the ability to put your arm overhead and throw something is a good starting prerequisite. I work in a lot of sporting disciplines and if you study the kinematics and movement expression of the javelin, it’s very similar to a volleyball serve or a tennis player serving in terms of how the elbow, ankle and shoulder rotates. When I was a young coach, I would go to volleyball and tennis courts and look for kids that I knew probably weren’t going make it in that sport but I could say “here’s another sport where you might have a chance”. I also look at baseball outfielders who catch the ball on the run and are used to throwing on the run. For bowlers in cricket, too, although the arm mechanics are quite a bit different to javelin they’ve obviously trained in overhead movements.

It’s not just about throwing – The thing a lot of people don’t appreciate is that the javelin is part jump and part throw. You have an approach just like a jumper and you have an impulse step, a penultimate step and then a bracing leg step. Then, as we brace that front leg and go over it, we actually go airborne – we’re jumping just as we release. It’s this delicate ballet of being a jumper and a thrower simultaneously in one event.

Key elements – I think, in all throwing events, there are three balls that you constantly juggle – the angle of release, the height of release and the speed of release. Athletes manipulate those variables a little bit but if you go too far and have a lot of lateral flexion [moving to the side], you reduce the height of release or if your throwing base is too wide, you reduce your height of base. Conversely, if you’re too fast and can’t brace and execute the movement, then your speed of release may be incredible but your attack angle and your angle of release is terrible.

Take it step by step – Let’s say an athlete has very little experience of throwing. In that case we’re going start out throwing stones or rocks or different balls and things like that. Then we might evolve into a smoother ball and a ball on a strap where you have to pull on it. I also use a lot of the foamy Nerf javelins. Generally, I start out with a standing throw, so I teach kids how to position their feet, how to take a stride and how to co-ordinate that with the arm action and how to release the javelin. We also work on accuracy and I do a lot of target training. Then I would progress to a walking throw like a three-step throw, for example, teaching the crossover steps. It’s a mastery progression and if they have mastered one stage and show consistency then we move to the next level of difficulty. So a walking three-step, a walking five-step, a walking seven-step, most of those are with crossovers and not dealing with their withdrawal, just learning to hold the javelin correctly and balance it in the hand, to have good orientation with the javelin and walk correctly.

Placing the feet – The foot angles vary when you are doing your crossover steps. For the kids who have a really fast arm, I let their feet be a little bit straighter and that’s less of a crossover mindset, while the kids who throw more rotationally and know how to use their body and convert it into the arm, they start taking more of a side foot orientation. If the three, five and seven-step throws are going okay, then we let them cut a kind of bounce jog while they’re doing it and we slowly increase speed as they have mastery. Some get to the full run and transition into crossovers in that first year of throwing but I’ve actually had world class athletes at major meets doing seven-step throws because that was all they were proficient at. Just adding speed to something isn’t going to magically make it better. I’m a big proponent of mastery.an)

Key positions – Nobody’s going to throw far leaning back 40 degrees and nobody’s throw far leaning forward 60 degrees – there’s a certain posture of the torso and head needed to throw well. Learning those positional landmarks and being able to obtain those landmarks and expressions guide the progression rate in terms of what we add. If we want to add velocity to the throw, there are different ways to do it, like technical efficiency or getting more powerful or timing things better. It’s easy to just add speed to the run and think it’s going to go to the throw. But for me, it’s like: “How did that work for you? You added speed and now you’re throwing five metres less. There must be something we’re missing here.” I think the more consistently you hit these landmark postures and positions, and the movement expressions become consistent, that’s when you turn up the volume and you try to do them more forcefully or faster.

Extra things to work on – Learning to run correctly, how to accelerate and transition and run upright is obviously something to be explored because if we look at world class Javelin throwers they are all pretty decent runners and can run at a good clip. Plyometric activities are also good to incorporate. Different types of jump exercises help improve our elasticity and our ability to absorb force and produce force. In the weight room, most elite javelin throwers know some sort of Olympic lift and they do a lot of pulling exercises, not so much on the pressing side. And then they spend a lot of time downstairs, with leg strengthening, hip strengthening and back strengthening exercises. It’s the classics – squats, lunges, step-ups, deadlifts, things like that. But I think you’ve got to develop the whole body because, in the javelin, the whole of the body is involved.

Examples to watch – look for common factors – Here’s something I encourage young coaches and young athletes to do. Rather than emulate a person who’s at the top or the current flavour of the month, I like to take the 10 best youth throwers, the 10 best high school throwers, the 10 best university throwers and the 10 nest international throwers and look for common denominators in all those groups. I look for: what are the common denominators of these landmark positions and the common denominators of the movement expression or pathways? Then, if you’re really advanced in if you have a little bit of software, what is the speed of these movements and the timing in these movements? I’m going to build a model that takes the best features of the best athletes at every stage of development, so I have a progression of the model and I have the key landmarks. Then, depending on where the athlete I have is on that journey, we know where we came from and we know where we’re trying to move forwards to. Shearman)

Coaching tip: get it on film and develop a checklist – There are good resources online which will help you. Olympic champion THOMAS ROHLER has a youtube channel, for example, where he talks about teaching progressions. With phones or tablets, it’s really easy to film yourself and put up two screens – his screen and your screen – and you can compare and contrast and say: “I’m in the right postcode with this position at that moment or my posture is like his”. You build a checklist. I developed checklists for throwers so that when they’re reviewing video – and to keep them engaged – I make them do a semantical evaluation on a one-two-three system. Three is “I nailed it”, two is “inconsistent” and one is “not getting there yet” and they rank themselves on this checklist. We could have a checklist for: how are you carrying the javelin? What is your posture at these various phases? What are your foot positions? How is your arm moving? Are you getting in these positions?

MIDDLESEX U17, U20 & SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Monday 30 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
This is the link to the fixture information – Middlesex 2021 T&F Poster

CHANGE OF DATE AND VENUE FOR THE VITALITY 10 – RAY POWELL has been advised by London Marathon that the date of Monday 31 May has changed to Sunday 11 July. The venue has also changed to Hatfield House, which is a couple of minutes off the A1, the timing’s and roles have not been finalised yet. We have the full complement of 20 volunteers

LATEST UPDATE ON RAY POWELL’S VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENTS – Hope that you are all keeping well, and a big thank you for those who have volunteered over the past weeks.
Standard Chartered Great City Race Tuesday 20 July and meeting time is 5.30pm – we have now been requested to supply 35 volunteers – currently we have 25 at present – therefore we require 10 more.
Big Half Marathon Sunday 22 August – 30 volunteers required – 15 at present – 15 more required.
London Mini Marathon Sunday 3 October – 62 volunteers needed – 46 at present – 16 more required.
I know that some of the races are a way off, but if you feel that you can help, please let me know now, as it makes the planning a lot easier. Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS – All entries are now open for all Championships, and can be found on the following link, please enter yourselves –  http://seaa.org.uk/index.php/onlinereg
These are the following Championships including Closing Dates;
U13, U15 & U17 21/22 August at Kingston (Closing Date Tuesday 10 August)

FINSBURY PARK 5000m OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Friday 16 July at the London Marathon Athletic Track, Finsbury Park.
Age-groups Under 17 and above, and starts at 18.45pm. Link to enter https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/finsbury-park-5000s/

JONATHAN KILSBY’S MEMORIAL DAY – JONATHAN loved Trent Park; as children, we lived only a few hundred yards from its entrance and, throughout his life, it was a one of his favourite training areas.  To commemorate JONATHAN’S life, we are going to have a walk-in Trent Park on Saturday 31st July.  All of JONATHAN’S friends, family and colleagues are invited to join us.  It will be a very informal event, with a walk of about an hour to one of JONATHAN’S most loved areas of the park, where we will stop and have our own thoughts about his kind, good humoured and generous life.

We will meet at midday at the carpark by the Trent Park Café, near the Cockfosters entrance to the park. (Post code: EN4 0JY).  https://goo.gl/maps/GoZe6V4hvt18MpZKA/a>
If you are a runner then, on the same morning, Barnet and District Athletic Club will be completing their training session in JONATHAN’S memory.  They will be meeting at 9:00 at the same location and training for around 90 minutes.  Runners from all JONATHAN’S former running clubs and of all abilities are welcome.
There is no need, at this point, to let us know if you intend coming along.  We appreciate that planning anything at the moment has its challenges, particularly two months in advance.  We will email again, two weeks before the 31st July, with any further details and updates to the day.

TOKYO OLYMPIC GAMES ALL SCHEDULES – It is not long now before we take to the armchair for 19 days of sport, from Wednesday 21 July. When the games take place, Tokyo is 9 hours ahead of GMT time in London. This is the link to the schedule for all 46 competitions – https://tokyo2020.org/en/schedule/ Just click on any of the competitions, and their detailed schedule will be shown.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 UNVEILS TICKETS AND FULL EVENT SCHEDULE – To view the event schedule for the Games and find out how to set up your ticketing account, click here. You can now register for the ticket ballot here, with residents from the West Midlands able to apply in July. The main ticket ballot starts in September.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS – Birmingham 2022 are looking for more than 13,000 spirited, dedicated and dynamic volunteers to be the heartbreak of the Commonwealth Games, a community of passionate people coming together to help deliver the biggest sporting and cultural event the West Midlands have ever seen. As part of the Commonwealth Collective, you’ll be the public face of Birmingham 2022, the heart and soul of the Games experience for athletes, officials, spectators, and a global audience of more than one billion.
For more information on volunteering, this is the link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/get-involved/volunteering/

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. Tickets will be on sale later this year, and can only be purchased through the official Commonwealth Games website, this is the link to register – https://www.birmingham2022.com/the-games/tickets/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

ATHLETICS take place at the Alexander Stadium 2-7 August, with the Marathons on 30 July. There will be 59 medal events including a fully integrated Para Sport programme. TRIATHLON and PARA TRIATHLON take place at Sutton Park 29 and 31 July. The Individual races contest a 750m swim, 20km cycle, 5km run, and the Team races contest a 250m swim, 7km cycle, 1.5km run. Link to all events – https://www.birmingham2022.com/the-games/sports/?utm_source=workflow&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=popup_work_flow_send_welcome_autoresponder_pop_up_footer_form&utm_content=2021-02-05

Shaftesbury’s ANGUS MCKENZIE was appointed as Competition Manager (Athletics) last year, and the article on him can be found in the 26 November SBH Newsletter.

SBH SUBSCRIPTIONS 2020-2021 – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
The Club AGM took place virtually at 19.30 on Tuesday 24 November. One of the resolutions which was passed dealt with Club Subscriptions as follows. “The Annual Membership Fee for new members from 1 December 2020 will increase to £50. Existing members who have paid their membership fee for year ended 30 September 2020 will be considered as having also paid their fee for the year ended 30 September 2021.
In other words, in recognition of the disruption caused by Covid-19, these members will have 2 years membership for the price of one.” Therefore, I’m now asking athletes who have not paid their subscription for the year ended 30/09/20 (£45) to pay, so as to qualify for the 2 for 1 concession together with the England Athletics Registration Fee of £15 for 2020/21. The total is £60 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT JUNE 2021 – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items. 

CLUB RED HOODIES – With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club!!!!
They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link –  https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
The current cost is £35.

STONEX STADIUM NOW OPEN – StoneX Stadium is now open to Club members, under strict conditions. Check with your Coach for details.

SBH MIDWEEK JUMPS CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. High Jump training is on Wednesday’s from 18.45pm to 21.00pm.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2021 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved.
We were unable to fill our full quota of athletes in the Pole Vault, in the Eastern Young Athletes League in either 2018 and 2019 – so why not give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STONEX STADIUM EAST STAND INDOOR AREA – Currently closed.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Currently Suspended.

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – During the period when all competitions are suspended, I will do my upmost in keeping the Newsletter information and other content going.
I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

STONEX STADIUM (FORMERLY BARNET COPTHALL STADIUM) – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

CHARGES FOR USING STONEX STADIUM (FORMERLY BARNET COPTHALL STADIUM) – Currently the Stadium is closed.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBMASTER